Toledo train accident, 56 of the 69 victims identified, searches continue

There are 56 identified victims of the at least 69 who died in the train accident that occurred last Wednesday in Urda, in the province of Toledo, according to the latest provisional toll from the Integrated Data Center at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Toledo. Among the identified deceased, 54 people are of Spanish nationality, one French citizen and one Portuguese.

Autopsies were carried out on all 69 bodies, but 13 victims still remain to be identified, all of whom are believed to be foreign nationals and for whom the same number of missing persons are still active.

Meanwhile, the number of injured people still hospitalized has fallen to 34, five fewer than on Friday. Of these, 15 are in intensive care. Of the 119 people initially hospitalized in hospitals in Toledo, Alcazar de San Juan, Ciudad Real and Albacete, 76 have been discharged, the Castile-La Mancha authorities report.

The president of the regional council, Emiliano Garcia Page, declared that it is unlikely that other bodies will be found among the remains of the trains.

Meanwhile, searches continued last night, involving around 50 officers with canine units and drones, for biological remains in the area of ​​the accident, which occurred at km 118 of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line. The three large cranes involved removed the 5 carriages that had derailed and overturned on the embankment near the line, including 3 carriages of the Iryo train and 2 of the Ave Renfe involved in the railway collision, according to what the Civil Guard informed.